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13 February 2017 ANC Welcomes the Finalisation of Agreements on Labour Stability and a National Minimum Wage The ANC in Parliament welcomes the agreements reached by representatives of government, business, the community sector and two of the three labour federations represented at Nedlac on the national minimum wage and labour stability. These agreements are as a result of a call made by President Jacob Zuma in June 2014 for the social partners to deliberate on the state of the labour relations environment, and to address low wages, wage inequality and protracted strikes. The social partners agreed on a National Minimum Wage of R20 an hour to be implemented and enforced from no later than 1 May 2018. They also adopted a Code of Good Practice on Collective Bargaining, Industrial Action and Picketing as well as an Accord on Collective Bargaining, and agreed to several amendments to the Labour Relations Act. The agreement on the National Minimum Wage will go a long way in protecting millions of vulnerable workers who have been earning far below R20 an hour or R3,500 for those working 40 hours per week and about R3,900 for those who work for 45 hours per week. Although the National Minimum wage is not a living wage, it does however establish wage floors below which no employers are permitted to pay the employees covered. The National Minimum Wage will cover about 75% of agricultural workers who earn below R2,000 and about 90% of domestic workers who earn below R3,120 per month to name a few examples. This represents a significant advance although we still have a long way to go in ensuring that all working South Africans earn a living wage. As the ANC in Parliament, we will work together with the executive and the social partners on ensuring that the National Minimum Wage Bill and related legislative amendments are passed by Parliament. We will also ensure that we monitor the implementation of these agreements and hold the executive to account in the interest of the workers of South Africa. Issued by the ANC Chairperson on the Study Group on Labour, Lumka Yengeni For ANC Study Group interview requests please contact: Nonceba Mhlauli Media Liaison Officer ANC Parliamentary Caucus Landline: 021 403 2555 Cell: 072 623 3462 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14927 (20170213) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ________________________________ [http://imageshack.com/a/img32/381/6b28.png] E-mail Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legal privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to received it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as those of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). SADTU accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred or suffered arising from the use of this e-mail or its attachments. SADTU does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/533A2CE396AEAF46A12C809E9F98070501CADE2477%40sadtuex01.SADTU.org.za. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
